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WGUS82 KTAE 022224
FLSTAE
FLC037-045-065-073-077-079-129-030115-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TALLAHASSEE FL
519 PM EST THU FEB 2 2006

...AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR
GULF...FRANKLIN...LIBERTY...WAKULLA...LEON...JEFFERSON AND
MADISON COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM EST THURSDAY EVENING(715 PM CST
THURSDAY EVENING)...

AT 518 PM EST(418 PM CST)...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED AN AREA OF PERSISTENT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL OVER THE AFFECTED COUNTIES. THESE STORMS ARE
PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR...WITH TOTAL
ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO 4 INCHES POSSIBLE.

CONTINUOUS HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE AREA CREEKS AND STREAMS TO SWELL
QUICKLY. RESIDENTS ALONG THESE CREEKS AND STREAMS SHOULD BE READY TO
SEEK HIGHER GROUND.

DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOWING WATER. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD
FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. TURN AROUND...DO NOT DROWN.

PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND HIGHWAYS IS EXPECTED. DRIVERS SHOULD
REDUCE SPEEDS TO AVOID POSSIBLE HYDROPLANING.

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8-JAMSKI